Monday and Tuesday we will have training for popular resistance in Palestine
and I was looking forward to Fadi attending but he is still held (anyone in
the area interested to attend the training should email me for details,
Arabic only). The last time I spent hours with Fadi was in an Israeli
detention facility in Atarot after we tried to ride the settler bus and all
six of us were arrested. Fadi like me is also a US citizen but this
provides hardly any protection. He can also be held in administrative
detention.

2. The
Philistines/Filistu/Palestine were first mentioned in
documents/authenticated records:A) >3000 years agoB) At the time of
JesusC) By AristotleD) By Roman rulersE) By Arab travelers in
the 6th century AD

3. The first uprising in Palestine against the
political Zionist project was in the year:A) 1881B) 1921C) 1929
D) 1936E) 1987

4. The first use of armed resistance in Palestine
against the Zionist project and/or its sponsors was in:A) 1920-1925
B) 1930sC) 1948D) 1960sE) 1970s

6. The
early Canaanites included all these groups exceptA) PhoeniciansB)
PhilistinesC) NebateansD) BabyloniansE) Jebusites

7. The
total population of Palestine (Christians, Muslims, and Jews) in1917 was
closest to:A) 700,000B) 1.5 millionC) 3 millionD) 4 million
E) 5 million

8. The main hardships suffered by the remaining
Palestinians inside the new state of Israel in 1948 include all the
following EXCEPT:A) They were subjected to martial law between 1948-1966
B) Many villages declared "unrecognized" receiving no government services
C) They had much of their remaining land taken from themD) New
discriminatory laws were introduced as well as pressures on school education
E) They had no legal residency right in the new state of Israel

9.
Israel's basic laws include all these laws that discriminate EXCEPTA)
Israeli law of return allowing any Jews to acquire citizenship while denying
it to Palestinian refugeesB) Land laws including absentee property law
C) Press lawsD) Knesset election laws to prevent anti-Zionists from
running for electionE) National service laws that favor Jews who serve
in the Army

11. The first political
organization among 1948 Palestinians after the foundation of the state of
Israel on their lands came under which ideological system:A)
Communist/socialistB) Pan-Arab nationalist (Nasserite)C) Islamist
D) Palestinian nationalist (local)E) Arab Israeli centrist (local)

12. In 1974, Yasser Arafat addressed the United Nations for the first time.
These factors all likely played a role in his arrival at the UN for the
first time EXCEPT:A) The PLOs 10 point program of 1974 that allowed a
change in International standingB) The USA agreed to recognize the PLO
after the PLO agreed to recognize resolution 242 and 338C) There was a
change in geopolitical structure of the Middle East after the October 1973
war (Egypt and Syria versus Israel)D) The Arab summit had declared the
PLO the sole legitimate representative of the PalestiniansE) Popular
struggle and armed resistance ensured prominence of the Palestinian cause

13. All of these are recognized key unique Palestinian dates for which
Palestinians hold commemorations EXCEPT:A) Nakba Day (15 May 1948)B)
Deir Yassin (7 April 1948)C) Labor Day (1 May 1948)D) Naksa Day (6
June 1967)E) Land Day (30 March 1976)

14. All of these actions
were forms of non-violent popular resistance in the 1920s in Palestine
EXCEPTA) DemonstrationsB) PetitionsC) BoycottsD) Strikes and
Economic disruptionsE) Defacing the British issued currency

15.
All of these are characteristics of the UN Partition plan of 1947 EXCEPT
A) It allocated more lands for the "Jewish state" than the "Arab State"
B) It had provisions for removal of villages to make the two countries more
uniformC) It was issued when Palestine had 2/3rd of its population
Christian and Muslim (1/3rd Jewish)D) It proposed Internationalizing
Jerusalem areaE) It was adopted after much pressure from the USA
administration (President Harry Truman)

17.
What was on the minds of refugees immediately after their expulsion from
Palestine?A) Survival (food and shelter)B) Getting back homeC)
Political organizationD) A and BE) A, B, and C

18. Today the
largest numbers of Palestinians in the world are where?A) In historic
PalestineB) In JordanC) In LebanonD) In SyriaE) In South
America

19. Every date in our history (even tragedies) had both
positive aspects or outcomes and negative. Please mention one negative
and one positive aspect for each of those events. Try not to include the
obvious- a massacre obviously has people killed so that is negative. I
am looking for thoughtful informed answers that show you were reading,
listening, and analyzing.A) The 1936-1939 uprisingNegative
Positive

B) The Naksa of 1967NegativePositive

C) The
1982 Sabra and Shatila MassacreNegativePositive

20. Give the
Palestinian versus the Israeli Zionist positions on these topics (argue the
case from each perspective) and what does International law say about it
A) On the right of Palestinian refugees to return Palestinian Position
Israeli Zionist position International law position

B) On Israel as
"a Jewish state"Palestinian PositionIsraeli Zionist position
International law position

21. The transition from Ottoman Rule to
British rule in Palestine after the end of World War 1 was a dramatic shift
for the Palestinian society. Mention at least four such changes that
impacted life negatively for the Palestinian natives. (A sentence or two on
each)

22. List at least three possible contributing factors or
hypotheses to explain why the British government decided to issue the
Balfour Declaration2 November 1917.

23. I do not expect you to
have memorized PLO charter articles but can you state two points to prove
the thesis/theory that the text of the PLO charter was highly influenced by
the politics and narrative of exile (having been written by those in
exile!).

Bonus 1: What was the impact of the Oslo accords (1993) on
the Palestinians inside the Green line (1948 areas)?